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COMBINED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. No. 325,341. Patented Sept. 1, 1886.

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COMBINED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

FJPECIT-ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,341, dated September 1, 1885.

Application filed May 25, 1885.

1'0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIDNEY W. Hn'roHnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Knoxville, county of Crawford, State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Combination Planter, Fort-it izer-Distributer, and Gultii' ating-Plow, of which the following isa full and exact descripiion, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and improved farming implement; and it consists in the combination and arrangement, with a frame composed of two beams, as hereinafter described, of certain attachments for producing a combined fertilizerdistributor, grain-plant er, and cottonseed planter, or a cultivaton plow, as hereinafter more fully set forth.

On the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved implement with attachments as when used as a fertilizer distributor, grain-planter, and cotton-seed planter. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the feriilizer and seed-hopper. Fig. 3 is a top view of the aforesaid hopper, and Fig. at is a plan of the under side thereof. Fig. shows the implement as when used as a single plow. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of one of the plow standards; and Fig. 7 is intended to show how an ordinary adjustable standard may be applied to the beam without any change or addition of bolt-holes.

On the drawings, the letters A A designate a pair of beams which are adapted to be secured closely together when the implement is to be used as a single plow, or to have their rear ends spread apart to form a V-shaped frame when the implement is to be used as a planter and distributor or as a double cultirating-plow.

A clevis, B, of any desired form, is sedured by means of a bolt, 0, between the forward are connected with the rear end of the said beams or with the hopper E, as the use to which the implement is to be put may necessitate. The hopper E is divided by vertical cross-partitionsff into three compartments, F F F, the former to contain the fertilizer, the next for corn, peas, or other grain, and the latter for cotton-seed. I

(So model.)

The bottom of the central compartment is provided with a small aperture, 0, through which the grain is fed to the pockets 0 of a wheel, G, which is mounted on an axle, 0', having journal-bearings connected with the under side of the hopper, and having an outwardly-projecting end provided with a chainwheel, 0, through which motion is obtained, as hereinafter fully described.

The bottoms of the compartments F F are each provided with longitudinal slits or openings i i, beneath which are fitted a pair of slides h h h 71, adapted to operate in supporting guide-frames I 1 that are secured to the under side of the hopper, as shown in Fig. 4.

The outer edges of the guide-frames I l are provided with lugs 7; It It It', having screwthreads cut therein to receive the thumbscrews ZZ Z l, the inner ends or points of which are provided with grooves m m m m, adapted to fit in the open lugs an it"it', formed in the under sides of the slides 72, h h r, so that the turning of said screws shall increase or diminish the width of the openings between said slides, and thus provide means for regulating the discharge of the grain or seed through the same.

Jourualed in the sides of each of the compartments F F are a pair of shafts, M M and M H, having hubs N N and N N, around the peripheries of which are a series of pins, 0 o o" o. The pins of the lower hubs or shafts are made snfiicientl y long to operate in the slits or openings i t" in the bot-tom of the aforesaid compartments, and thus insure a proper discharge through the same. Each of the hubs N N N N is provided with side pins, 1) p p p, to assist in agitating the ma terial and prevent any caking of the same around the shafts.

The shafts M M h projectthrough that side of the hopper which is next the chainwhcel e, and each is provided on the same line thereof wit-h a similar wheel, 1? P P, so that all the wheels at the said side of the hopper shall be driven by a single chain, P, from a chain-wheel, P fitted on one end of the shaft q, journaled in the under edges of the beams A A immediately in front of the hopper E. The shaft- (1 is furthermore pro vided, at its rear end, with a chain-whcel, (shown in dotted lines at 00,) from which a chain-eonuection, 0:, is made with a similar wheel, as, that is fitted on the rear end of the shaft M.

Between the beams A A the shaft q is provided with a ground or traction wheel, R, the rotation of which imparts motion through the chains P and x to the shafts M M M M, as above indicated.

An opener, S, having a perforated shank, as shown in Fig. 1, is adapted to be secured in the forward part of the frame by a bolt, t, and near the rear end of each beam are secured the plow-standards T T, each having a covering or turning blade, t '15, secured thereto by means of bolts to a, provided with washers or clamps a a and nuts '0 1;, whereby they are adjusted and held at any suitable hei ht on the standards.

The letter IV designates a scraper, and w w a pair of rods or bars whereby it is connected with the under surfaces of the rear portion of the beams, as shown.

.ar is a perforated metal bar, adapted to be secured across the rear ends of the beams for the pn rpose of bracing and stiffening the frame, whether the beams be held in an open or closed position. This bar is omitted in Fig. 1 in order that the rear portion of the beams, &c., may be more clearly shown.

The peculiar form of the plow-standards adapts the same for connection with a single or double beam, there being sufficient spring to the upper ends to permit of their being thrust apart or contracted, as required. Each stand ard is secured by means of two bolts, 711/, and the upper ends of each are provided with three holes, z z z", to allow the inclination of the standards to be changed as the nature of the soil may require.

Vhen the implement is to be used for plowing or openingtheland,the ground-wheel, hopper, and scraper are removed and the beams adjusted and provided with a single standard, as shown in Figs. 5 and 7, or with two standards, as shown in Fig. 1.

From the above description it will be seen izker-distributer, or vice versa, is readily effected by simply connecting or disconnecting the said hopper with or from the beams, and

by applying or removing the driving-chains thereof, as described.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent. 15-- 1. In a combined planter, fertilizer-distributer, and cultivator, the combination of a pair of beams adapted to be adj ustably connected, as described, with a detachable hopper having three compartments, each provided with a dischargeopening, a pair of stirrer wheel shafts journaled in the sides of each end compartment, and a pocket-wheel shaft connected with the bottom of the central part of thehopper, as set forth, the said shafts provided with chain-wheels, whereby they are adapted to be driven from the chaiuwheels of a groundwheel axle, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with .the beams A A, a perforated brace for ad j ustably connecting the rear ends thereof, a ground-wheel having an axle provided at each end with a chain-wheel, a-hopper having three compartments with dischargeopenings in the bottom of each, a pocketwheel adapted to operate under the cen tral compartment, and the end compartments provided with upper and lower shafts carrying stirrers and chainwvheels, as described, the pocket-wheel, lower stirrers, and the upper stirrer of the rear compartment adapted to be driven by a single chain, and the upper stirrer of the front compartment operated by a separate chain, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY W. HATOHER.

Vitnesses:

A. L. NEWMAN, S. W. Anlmrs. 

